December 14, 2018
From "Stairway to Heaven" to Fox News to an epic battle over smartphone software, 2018 saw too many important copyright rulings to keep straight. Here are the 10 biggest you need to remember, plus seven more that didn't make the cut.
October 31, 2018
A Ninth Circuit panel said Wednesday it won't reconsider its decision that remastered versions of old recordings aren't entitled to new copyright protections, sticking to its ruling reviving a proposed class action against CBS Corp. over radio broadcasts of songs made before 1972.
September 20, 2018
CBS is asking the full Ninth Circuit to rethink a ruling last month that "remastered" versions of old recordings aren't entitled to new copyrights, arguing the decision "overturned decades of law" on so-called derivative works.
August 20, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Monday revived a lawsuit against CBS over radio broadcasts of so-called pre-1972 recordings, overturning a novel ruling that "remastered" versions of old tracks are entirely new copyrighted songs.
November 09, 2017
CBS told a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday that remastered versions of songs recorded before 1972 are fundamentally different enough from the originals to qualify for federal copyright protection in an appeal from ABS Entertainment and others seeking to revive a class action claiming the media giant owes them royalties for radio broadcasts.